By BOB HOOVER City Theatre continues its run of topical dramas with a spirited, smart production of Karen Zacarias’s Native Gardens, a play that has the elements of a TV sitcom, but turns those elements on their heads. Imagine two… Read More ›
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What’s On Stage Pittsburgh for the week of March 20th, 2023 to the end of April
Here is onStage’s current listing of upcoming theater, opera, dance, the PSO, classical music and chamber music performances in the greater Pittsburgh area. Simple, easy straightforward- Title | Producing Organization | Venue | Dates | and website for more info… Read More ›
Review: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Thrills Another Packed House with Mozart’s ‘Requiem’ In Words & Music
Schubert, World Premiere Commission, Orchestra, Soloists, and Choirs All Highlights of Colossal Presentation By GEORGE B. PAROUS Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra gave the first performance of this weekend’s concerts featuring Mozart’s Requiem, styled and presented as Requiem:… Read More ›
Review: Riverfront Opens Season with Dark, Dynamic ‘True West’
By JESSICA NEU Riverfront Theater Company has opened its 2023 season with Sam Shepard’s American classic about the combustible reunion of two estranged brothers, the dark comedy True West. Playing March 16-18, 23-25, the four-person play tells the story of… Read More ›
Canonsburg Native Alexandra Loutsion to Sing in ‘Il Trovatore’
Pittsburgh Opera’s Revival of Verdi Classic Their 1st This Century By George B. Parous Starting Saturday evening, March 25, Pittsburgh Opera will present Il Trovatore (The Troubadour), Giuseppe Verdi’s tuneful classic, for the first time in the twenty-first century. The… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks 19th season includes indoor comedies and ‘Cleopatra and Antony’
The weather has given us only hints of spring, but here’s some news to warm you up. The 19th season of Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks gets under way next month with the 10th annual Week of Will, featuring the… Read More ›
Review: ‘Six’ Packs Thrills Fit for a Queen
The in-demand concert musical Six is providing thrills at the Benedum Center.
Preview: Corning Works’ – the fisherman, the butterfly, eve & her lover — a parable
Corningworks presents the next installment of the Glue Factory Project, the fisherman, the butterfly, eve & her lover — a parable. This is the twenty-fifth in the award-winning series of original evening-length dance theater works created on internationally & nationally critically… Read More ›
Review: PMT’s ‘Once,’ a Story of Love, Self-Exploration, and Tradition
By JESSICA NEU I would have loved to have been at the first table reading for Once. As I imagine it, the cast and crew are gathered around and read the description of the first scene: “Strike the traditional Irish band complete… Read More ›
‘Moulin Rouge!’ Leads Charge of Tony Winners in 2023-24 Broadway in Pittsburgh Series
Newcomers include Mrs. Doubtfire and Girl From the North Country, plus revivals of The Wiz, Company and more By SHARON EBERSON And the answers are … For those of us who followed and solved the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s social-media hints… Read More ›